Hardware Container node

A HardwareContainer is a single physical device which contains multiple hosts, network devices and other components. For example, a blade enclosure which is discovered via a management controller, or a hyper-converged device containing compute and storage.

Blade enclosures are typically hardware containers which contain a number of physical hosts, a management controller, and various network modules such as network and/or SAN switches.

Hardware Container nodes always have a relationship to the Pattern node corresponding to their maintaining pattern.

Where a computer is logically partitioned into a number of hosts, as opposed to containing physically separate devices, the Host-Container-node is used.

Hardware Container Lifecycle

Hardware containers are created and maintained by patterns. The details of how they are maintained depend on the nature of the hardware container. The following section describes the general scenarios in which a Hardware Container is created, updated or removed.

Creation

When a chassis management controller is discovered, this is modeled as a Management Controller node. The creation of a Management Controller node triggers an additional pattern which creates the Hardware Container node and collects additional information on the contents of the enclosure, and triggers further patterns to relate the components (physical hosts, a management controller, and various network modules such as network and/or SAN switches).

Update

When a Management Controller node is updated, the related Hardware Container is updated accordingly.

Removal

A Hardware Container node is removed when it no longer contains any hosts and it no longer has an associated Network Device or management controller.

Attributes and relationships of the HardwareContainer node

The attributes of the HardwareContainer node are described in the following table:

UI Name
Attribute Name and Type

Description

Type
type : string

Type of hardware container

Hardware Vendor
vendor : string

Hardware vendor

Model
model : string

Hardware model

Serial Number
serial : string

Serial number

Not shown in UI
asset_tag : string

Dell Asset tag

Key
key : string

Globally unique key

Name
name : string

Primary name

Short Name
short_name : string

Short name

Description
description : string

Description of the element

URL
url : string

URL for information about the element

Business Continuity Critical
business_continuity_critical : boolean

If true, element is critical to operation of the business

Supported by 3rd Party
third_party_support : boolean

True if the element is supported by a third party

Synonyms
synonyms : list:string

Other names for the element

External Identifiers
external_ids : list:string

Identifiers for this element in other systems

Cloud Identifier
cloud_id : string

Unique cloud identifier

The relationships of the HardwareContainer node are described in the following table:

UI Name

Relationship

Description

Hardware Containers

Container:
 Containment:
 Contained:
 HardwareContainer

Hardware Containers contained in this Hardware Container

Hardware Container

Contained:
 Containment:
 Container:
 HardwareContainer

Containing Hardware Container

Storage System

Contained:
 Containment:
 Container:
 StorageSystem

Containing Storage System

Hardware Components

Container:
 Containment:
 Contained:
 HardwareComponent

Hardware Components contained in this Hardware Container

Disk Drives

Container:
 Containment:
 ContainedDrive:
 DiskDrive

Disk Drives contained in this Hardware Container

Tape Drives

Container:
 Containment:
 ContainedDrive:
 TapeDrive

Tape Drives contained in this Hardware Container

Details

ElementWithDetail:
 Detail:
 Detail:
 Detail

Details belonging to this Hardware Container

Hardware Details

ElementWithDetail:
 Detail:
 Detail:
 HardwareDetail

Hardware Details belonging to this Hardware Container

Storage Systems

Provider:
 HardwareUse:
 Consumer:
 StorageSystem

Storage Systems using this Hardware Container

Host Members

HostContainer:
 HostContainment:
 ContainedHost:
 Host

Hosts that are within this Hardware Container

Management Controller Members

HostContainer:
 HostContainment:
 ContainedHost:
 ManagementController

Management Controllers that are within this Hardware Container

Network Device Members

HostContainer:
 HostContainment:
 ContainedHost:
 NetworkDevice

Network Devices that are within this Hardware Container

SNMP Managed Device Members

HostContainer:
 HostContainment:
 ContainedHost:
 SNMPManagedDevice

SNMP Managed Devices that are within this Hardware Container

Storage Device Members

HostContainer:
 HostContainment:
 ContainedHost:
 StorageDevice

Storage Devices that are within this Hardware Container

Storage System Members

HostContainer:
 HostContainment:
 ContainedHost:
 StorageSystem

Storage Systems that are within this Hardware Container

Location

ElementInLocation:
 Location:
 Location:
 Location

Location of this Hardware Container

Maintaining Pattern

Element:
 Maintainer:
 Pattern:
 Pattern

Pattern maintaining this Hardware Container

Managed by Management Controller

ManagedElement:
 Management:
 Manager:
 ManagementController

Management Controller that manages this Hardware Container

Managed by Network Device

ManagedElement:
 Management:
 Manager:
 NetworkDevice

Network Device that manages this Hardware Container

Managed by SNMP Managed Device

ManagedElement:
 Management:
 Manager:
 SNMPManagedDevice

SNMP Managed Device that manages this Hardware Container

Managed by Software Cluster

ManagedElement:
 Management:
 Manager:
 SoftwareCluster

Software Cluster that manages this Hardware Container

Managed by Software Instance

ManagedElement:
 Management:
 Manager:
 SoftwareInstance

Software Instance that manages this Hardware Container

Business Owner

OwnedItem:
 Ownership:
 BusinessOwner:
 Person

The person or owner responsible for this element from a business perspective

IT Owner

OwnedItem:
 Ownership:
 ITOwner:
 Person

The person or owner responsible for this element from an IT perspective

Support Manager

OwnedItem:
 Ownership:
 SupportOwner:
 Person

The person or owner responsible for the support of this element

Owner

OwnedItem:
 Ownership:
 Owner:
 Person

The owner of this element

Hardware Reference Data

Hardware:
 ReferenceData:
 ReferenceData:
 HardwareReferenceData

Hardware Reference Data corresponding to this Hardware Container

Hardware Support Details

ElementWithDetail:
 SupportDetail:
 HardwareDetail:
 SupportDetail

Hardware Support Details for this Hardware Container

Attachments

AttachmentContainer:
 Attachment:
 Attachment:
 Attachment

A file attached to this element

Category

ElementInCategory:
 ElementCategory:
 Category:
 Category

Category

Family

ElementInCategory:
 ElementCategory:
 Category:
 Family

Family

Lifecycle Status

ElementInCategory:
 ElementCategory:
 Category:
 LifecycleStatus

Lifecycle Status

Recovery Time

ElementInCategory:
 ElementCategory:
 Category:
 RecoveryTime

Recovery Time

Location

ElementInLocation:
 Location:
 Location:
 Location

Location of this Managed Element

Business Owner

OwnedItem:
 Ownership:
 BusinessOwner:
 Person

The person or owner responsible for this element from a business perspective

IT Owner

OwnedItem:
 Ownership:
 ITOwner:
 Person

The person or owner responsible for this element from an IT perspective

Support Manager

OwnedItem:
 Ownership:
 SupportOwner:
 Person

The person or owner responsible for the support of this element

Owner

OwnedItem:
 Ownership:
 Owner:
 Person

The owner of this element

Organizational Unit

OwnedItem:
 Ownership:
 Owner:
 OrganisationalUnit

Organizational Unit that this Managed Element belongs to

 

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